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Gen just couldn’t seem to stop helping.
It hadn’t just started after his petrification and revival. His whole life had been the same story.
His parent’s marriage? He’d been the glue. It was how he’d learned to read others; predict their needs and grievances before they could fester or explode. It was so he could protect himself and the fragile peace under his home’s roof. Stop the fights before they ever started. Stay capable enough (even when as young as 7 years old) so as not to require more care than either adult could afford him on any given day.
But he’d made it work. At least, until he was able to escape into the illustrious world of show business.
There, he’d learned to read others for a new purpose. Not just to serve them, but to also serve himself. If he could stay aloof long enough to get what he wanted while making others think they’d stayed in control all the while, then it was a win-win for everyone involved. He fed others exactly what they wanted from him.
And Gen?
He got money. A cult following. The guise of professionalism. Peace of mind. Stability, in some semblance of the word.
But in the new stone world? Gen had to start all over.